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take a look at the members in illinois. bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and, by the way, mark kirk's seat, that seat that was supposed to go to democrats, republicans won that seat last night too. so there are a few states that turned out worse for democrat than president obama's own state. then you take a look at a state like delaware where the tea party candidate came in and really robbed republicans not only of one seat, but, you know, some house republicans thought they might even have a chance of keeping that senate seat with the right primary nominee. that right nominee lost along with congressman mike cassel, and democrats picked up the two seats. i think that talks a lot about the dangers republican face going forward if they continue this sort of shrinking the tent and purr fewing the party -- purifying the party. final ily, take a look at nevada. even now and then a perfect campaign can overcome even perfect campaigns. illinois was the state that actually flipped to r
take a look at the members in illinois. bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and, by the way, mark kirk's seat, that seat that was supposed to go to democrats, republicans won that seat last night too. so there are a few states that turned out worse for democrat than president obama's own state. then you take a look at a state like delaware where the tea party candidate came in and really robbed republicans not...
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illinois is another state that you talk to the, at taxpayer grants and tax advocates in illinois, don't mention republicans as an area, as a party of reform in illinois. so no, not at the state and local of a. yes. >> hi. i'm on the hoboken new jersey school board where we spent $60 million in 2012 -- on 2000 children. >> i live in west when we spent 101 million note on 6000 children so you're ahead of us. you have an advantage. spent but we are going into teachers union contract negotiations this fall. our teachers union doesn't pay any thi a
illinois is another state that you talk to the, at taxpayer grants and tax advocates in illinois, don't mention republicans as an area, as a party of reform in illinois. so no, not at the state and local of a. yes. >> hi. i'm on the hoboken new jersey school board where we spent $60 million in 2012 -- on 2000 children. >> i live in west when we spent 101 million note on 6000 children so you're ahead of us. you have an advantage. spent but we are going into teachers union contract...
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last year's president of the modern language association, professor gerald graff at the university of illinois is a leftist, he is a leftist. he writes for magazines like radical teaching. but he -- he has a theory that teachers should teach the conflict. they should be advocates on either side of the conflict. they should teach the conflict. they should impose on students -- seems like very basic elementary stuff. and he has been challenged. he is a lone voice. his challenge now by professors particularly in the education field. the argument they hold is you can have one of two views. radical view that -- of social justice, social justice is part of the curriculum to personal social justice meaning redistribution of income just as socialist doctrine -- in fact they tried to make a requirement for graduation from one of these schools until there with a protest and they withdrew it. but now they devised a psychometrics model for determining whether a prospective teacher or undergraduate or graduate student in an education school has social justice values and if they don't they are not qualified
last year's president of the modern language association, professor gerald graff at the university of illinois is a leftist, he is a leftist. he writes for magazines like radical teaching. but he -- he has a theory that teachers should teach the conflict. they should be advocates on either side of the conflict. they should teach the conflict. they should impose on students -- seems like very basic elementary stuff. and he has been challenged. he is a lone voice. his challenge now by professors...
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he realized that farmers were leaveing their farms in illinois and missouri and coming to the city because of industrialization. they were becoming factory workers. what were they doing? they were commuting. women who used to be important economic decision makers on the farms were now becoming housewives. it's all going to play into something you were going to see in a second. gaslight and electric light allowed people to entertain themselves in the evening by reading. a new printing press had been invented by ho that would print quickly, paper was being made from trees that had the strength to go through the machines at high speed, and the victorian internet had arrived. you call it the telegram. bringing news from new york and washington to st. louis as fresh as that morning. so he took all of these ingredients and published an afternoon paper with news from washington and new york as fresh as that morning so that the commuters heading home desperate for entertainment filled with entertaining tales about the city and economic decision making material for the housewives, advertisements, w
he realized that farmers were leaveing their farms in illinois and missouri and coming to the city because of industrialization. they were becoming factory workers. what were they doing? they were commuting. women who used to be important economic decision makers on the farms were now becoming housewives. it's all going to play into something you were going to see in a second. gaslight and electric light allowed people to entertain themselves in the evening by reading. a new printing press had...
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what does he say in northern illinois and southern illinois? we know one thing about lincoln. he always thought slavery was a great moral wrong. if -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good, that is it actually helped people become civilized after being brought here from africa. i wondered if african-american lincoln and davis ever met. they're in washington at the same time at various times, but we know they never met. i think they would have got along in many ways talking about the greatness of america, both lincoln and davis were nationalists and they believed in american american exceptionalism. lincoln believed all men deserved to be free and the constitution guaranteed that. davis believed the opposite. he said the founders had slavery, why not us? he believed people always were meant to the slaves. it's tragic because they could have been friends possibly. possibly they could have avoided a civil war if they knew each other and were close friends before the war, but that great gulf
what does he say in northern illinois and southern illinois? we know one thing about lincoln. he always thought slavery was a great moral wrong. if -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good, that is it actually helped people become civilized after being brought here from africa. i wondered if african-american lincoln and davis ever met. they're in washington at the same time at various times, but we know...
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miles davis whose parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would've been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was head of parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. thelonious monk, his parents migrated was five years old to north carolina to harlem where he had the luxury -- this never would've been possible in tobacco country of north carolina to spend hours upon hours upon hours to give music lessons. it would've been no time to do that in the cotton country out in the farmland were small-town north carolina. and john cole trained -- john cole trained migrated at 17 for north carolina to philadelphia, where believe it or not he got his first alto sax. where we jazz be if he had not migrated or bank part of the migration and had the opportunity to go to the ornstein school of music. and part is so much that people in his apartment in philadelphia complained. the nerve of complaining because john cole trained -- the man is 12 feet. he's
miles davis whose parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would've been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was head of parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. thelonious monk, his parents migrated was five years old to north carolina to harlem where he had the luxury -- this never would've been possible in tobacco country of north carolina to spend hours upon hours upon hours to...
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what does he say in northern illinois during the lincoln lincoln-douglas debates. we known one thing. he always thought that slavery was a great moral wrong. if nothing was wrong -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority. throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good. it actually helped the slave people become civilized after they were brought here in africa. so that was the great difference between them. i wondered what would have happened if abraham lincoln and jefferson davis met. we know now they never met. i think they would have gotten along in many ways talking about books and ideas and the country, the greatness of america, america exceptionalism. lincoln and davis were nationalist and believed in american exceptionalism. they could have never agreed about the nature of men. lincoln believed that all men deserved to be free. he believed the declaration of independence and the constitution guaranteed that. davis believed the opposite. the founders had slavery. why not us? that was the great one that separated them.
what does he say in northern illinois during the lincoln lincoln-douglas debates. we known one thing. he always thought that slavery was a great moral wrong. if nothing was wrong -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority. throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good. it actually helped the slave people become civilized after they were brought here in africa. so that was the great difference between them. i wondered what would have happened if abraham...
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miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the mug he was had his parents had not migrated outlet of the cotton country of arkansas. theonus monk, his parents migrated from north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity, the luxury -- this never would have been possible in the tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get music lessons. i mean, there would have been no time in the cotton country out in the farm land or a smalltown of north carolina. john coltrane, he migrated at 17 from north carolina to philadelphia where believe it or not, he got his first alto sax. where would jazz be if he had not migrated and part of the great migration and got the opportunity to go to the ornstein school of music in philadelphia. and to practice so much that he actually -- that people in his apartment building in philadelphia complained -- the nerve of complaining because john coltrane
miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the mug he was had his parents had not migrated outlet of the cotton country of arkansas. theonus monk, his parents migrated from north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity, the luxury -- this never would have been possible in the tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get music...
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miles davis came from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to become a musician he was had his parents not migrated out of the country of arkansas. his parents migrated when he was 5-years-old and north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity of luxury. will do it could spend hours upon hours for music lessons. there would have been no time to do that in the country out in the farm land or small-town north carolina, and john coltrane and migrated to 17 from north carolina to philadelphia where believe it or not he got his first alto sax. we're with jazz be if he hadn't gotten the opportunity to go to the school of music in philadelphia, so practice so much that he actually -- people in his apartment building in philadelphia complain, the nerve of complaining because john coltrane, the man 12c is planning tall hours to leave, was of the night. i bet people what to do night to this day they complained about john plea in his alto sax. he had
miles davis came from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to become a musician he was had his parents not migrated out of the country of arkansas. his parents migrated when he was 5-years-old and north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity of luxury. will do it could spend hours upon hours for music lessons. there would have been no time to do that in the country out in the farm land or small-town north...
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jazz wouldn't exist as we know it.n migrated miles davis, his parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had thehe opportunity to spend hours upont hours that would have beenen necessary to hone his genius and become the musician that he was at his parents' not migrated out ofa cotton country. felonious mott, parents migrated when he was five years old fromr north carolina tos harlem where he had the luxury to spend hourr cpon hours upon hours and dideti susic lessons. there would have been no time ta do that in the con the country out in the farmland or small-town north carolina. kol john coltrane migrated at 17 from north carolina to t philadelphia where believe there not he get his first. be where would jazz be if he had not migrated? get the opportunity to go listen to music. and so he actually, people in pl aparapartment building in philadelphia, complaining. the man in 12 see his playing as all hours of the o night. i bet you anything that all those people would deny up and down to this day that theymplait complained about john j coltrane playing. he played so
jazz wouldn't exist as we know it.n migrated miles davis, his parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had thehe opportunity to spend hours upont hours that would have beenen necessary to hone his genius and become the musician that he was at his parents' not migrated out ofa cotton country. felonious mott, parents migrated when he was five years old fromr north carolina tos harlem where he had the luxury to spend hourr cpon hours upon hours and dideti susic lessons....
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, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly favored the republican party and favored the republican party and those people who were republicans who wanted to go out and vote it was a hell or high water kind of thing. they were going to vote no matter what. there was interesting things here and there. black turnout in carolina was very high. you saw joe wilson being a somewhat serious race in a district that's quite good. again, you saw nicky hailey when by not nearly the margin people fought and a lot of the was turnout. i don't know why to be totally frank i'm not sure why it was high. it
, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly...
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and they'll say that to the distinguished senator from illinois and myself and everybody else. you hear it every single day, in any coffee shop, any grocery store where people are talking about government and politics. then, of course, we go out and visit with our companies, and the companies say, you know, we have got to have those tax breaks because america has the second highest rate in the world, and if we don't have those tax breaks for doing business overseas, we're going to lose out on jobs here in the united states because some of that work that our firm does overseas helps create jobs here in america. well, we know from those conversations we have had in illinois and oregon that our blue-collar people don't buy that. they don't buy that for a second. they want to have the tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas wiped out. so what i and senator gregg did -- and this lasted many, many months -- is we said to the companies how can we work with you to take away the tax breaks for doing business overseas so you can use those very same dollars to lower the tax rates for small
and they'll say that to the distinguished senator from illinois and myself and everybody else. you hear it every single day, in any coffee shop, any grocery store where people are talking about government and politics. then, of course, we go out and visit with our companies, and the companies say, you know, we have got to have those tax breaks because america has the second highest rate in the world, and if we don't have those tax breaks for doing business overseas, we're going to lose out on...
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new york and california each have two races and one each in illinois, connecticut, and texas. overall, republicans are leading in four of our seats and democrats in three. for now the makeup of the house looks like this. 239 republicans and 189 democrats. again with those seven races outstanding. votes are still be counted in alaska senate race while initial returns showed right in balance leading candidate joe miller ahead. it's not sure how much were for lisa murkowski. and a recount is likely in minnesota's governor race. republican tom emmer, trails about 8700. a recount is automatic if the margin is less than half a percentage point. as it is expected to be when the results are certified later this month. >> how to end child hunger, one the topics that we talked about on washington journal. this segment features jeff bridges is about 45 minutes. >> our guest are bill shore, and jeff bridges, actor and spokesman of share or strength, no hungry kid campaign. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> host: how did you first get involved and interested in the issu
new york and california each have two races and one each in illinois, connecticut, and texas. overall, republicans are leading in four of our seats and democrats in three. for now the makeup of the house looks like this. 239 republicans and 189 democrats. again with those seven races outstanding. votes are still be counted in alaska senate race while initial returns showed right in balance leading candidate joe miller ahead. it's not sure how much were for lisa murkowski. and a recount is...
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miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was at his parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. polonius monk whose parents migrated when he was five years old from north carolina to harlem where he have the luxury -- this would have never been possible in tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get basic lessons. there would have been no time to do that in the cotton country out in the farmland of, small-town north carolina and john kohl train. john coltrane migrated at 17 from north carolina to philadelphia where believe it or not, he got his first alto sax. where would just be if he had not migrated and been part of the great migration and got the opportunity to go to the school of music in philadelphia? he practiced so much that he absolutely, the people in his apartment building in philadelphia complained. the nerve of complaining because jo
miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was at his parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. polonius monk whose parents migrated when he was five years old from north carolina to harlem where he have the luxury -- this would have never been possible in tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get...
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>> moline, illinois? >> amad, minneapolis. hang on, going to try to get you on with billy in a couple minutes, okay? great, hang on. frank, buffalo, new york. all right, here we go. ♪ >> here we go. >> i enjoyed his company. he had a warmth and brash humor that made up for his comments about the retinue of women who supposedly still call him every night, his past football exploits, the celebrities he knew. >> this is the bill press show. >> out of many we all want, that while we breathe we hope, and where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that time lease creed that sums up the and spirit of a people -- yes, we can. >> the market roars back! 219 points on the dow yesterday. obama mommics is working. hey, good morning, everybody, it is the bill press show. welcome, welcome, welcome. good to see you today. the bill press show coming to you live coast to coast this friday, november 5, a very special show because today we're joined not only by all of our regular radio lis
>> moline, illinois? >> amad, minneapolis. hang on, going to try to get you on with billy in a couple minutes, okay? great, hang on. frank, buffalo, new york. all right, here we go. ♪ >> here we go. >> i enjoyed his company. he had a warmth and brash humor that made up for his comments about the retinue of women who supposedly still call him every night, his past football exploits, the celebrities he knew. >> this is the bill press show. >> out of many we...
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, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly favored the republican party and favored the republican party and those people who were republicans who wanted to go out and vote it was a hell or high water kind of thing. they were going to vote no matter what. there was interesting things here and there. black turnout in carolina was very high. you saw joe wilson being a somewhat serious race in a district that's quite good. again, you saw nicky hailey when by not nearly the margin people fought and a lot of the was turnout. i don't know why to be totally frank i'm not sure why it was high. it
, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly...
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this guy called barack obama, a name that seemed to be off the guantanamo list, junior senator from illinois who thought he was going to be president, and then it started looking like, well, maybe he was going to be president, and he was certainly going to try. and so it seemed clear as the campaign went on -- seemed to illuminate and illustrate a lot of the -- and at times aned a -- answered a lot of questions i was asking and issues i was addressing. so i said, we can't do this until after we see how this comes out. so that was the timing. you know, you have to pose at the end of the day -- impose a structure on your thinking, i think, and it seemed to me that you could outline four groups that constitute black america today, and it seemed to me that the distinctions among these four groups seemed to be clearer and more vivid as time went on rather than more -- more than soft or diffuse. the first is a majority, 55%, maybe, 54%, of african-americans who it seems to me have entered the middle class. now, there's been a big asterisk there. what is the middle class these days? especially duri
this guy called barack obama, a name that seemed to be off the guantanamo list, junior senator from illinois who thought he was going to be president, and then it started looking like, well, maybe he was going to be president, and he was certainly going to try. and so it seemed clear as the campaign went on -- seemed to illuminate and illustrate a lot of the -- and at times aned a -- answered a lot of questions i was asking and issues i was addressing. so i said, we can't do this until after we...
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around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things about george i also knew that's part of life in the united states, really a part we should be grateful for. >> at what point do you broke is candid enough to withstand the criticism? >> maybe we have drawn the skin from when george's that was vice president but i also think i knew more than the critics. i lived with george, the threats were and didn't know everyone of them, he didn't think kevin's tell me everyone because he didn't want to add to my worries, but i felt i knew a lot more about the issues than the people criticizing him did purvis. >> in "spoken from the heart" you write about those. you
around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things...
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california, new york, and illinois. i think one thing that could come up in the course of the next two years is -- and it did almost with governor schwartz anythinger at one point. was thinking about coming to washington to pay for cash and not script for some things. if and when the private credit markets cut the state governments out, there's going to be an issue. i think the republican house is going to be in no mood to subsidize the republican employee remembers of california, new york, and illinois. >> that'll be interesting if there's an congressional fight. >> i was going to ask if this is the cuts and the reforms that people in the tea party think are near, do you think there's going to be a third party candidacy for the presidency. what's going to happen for the american people? if they don't like the republicans they've elected, there's always the democrats once they all charge it. >> one the striking things -- i'll say the word. this year, i thought it was underappreciated success after accepting and welcomin
california, new york, and illinois. i think one thing that could come up in the course of the next two years is -- and it did almost with governor schwartz anythinger at one point. was thinking about coming to washington to pay for cash and not script for some things. if and when the private credit markets cut the state governments out, there's going to be an issue. i think the republican house is going to be in no mood to subsidize the republican employee remembers of california, new york, and...
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[laughter] raw blagojevich's successor in illinois, pat quinn, he seems to us how long. he leads by less than 2000 votes in a state where county clerks seem to have violated the military voting at and trying to send out dallas to military members, although they did transfer them to inmates at the cook county jail. [laughter] otherwise, the news is very good for the republicans. they now hold the governorship of those houses and the legislature and six of the 10 largest states, texas florida pennsylvania ohio michigan and georgia. they want democratic governorships in pennsylvania, ohio michigan and wisconsin and gain control of both houses of legislature in each of those states. in addition they gain control of the legislatures in indiana, minnesota, montana and one house in iowa and maine new hampshire and new england, north carolina and alabama in the south. altogether the figures i got from the national conference of state legislature showed him gaining 125 seats in the state senate and the figure john made reference to, 543 seats in the state houses. obviously there
[laughter] raw blagojevich's successor in illinois, pat quinn, he seems to us how long. he leads by less than 2000 votes in a state where county clerks seem to have violated the military voting at and trying to send out dallas to military members, although they did transfer them to inmates at the cook county jail. [laughter] otherwise, the news is very good for the republicans. they now hold the governorship of those houses and the legislature and six of the 10 largest states, texas florida...
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in illinois you have a history of electing moderates from the northern part of the state. phil brady is not one of those. i think it shows even though it are greater tolerance for kansas we still have a breaking point. >> do you think illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i think i would agree with nathan that we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks they are. that's a state where the partnership you see in a lot of cases between the dga and the unions really pay off, whereas we literally had been some reports had 4000 paid workers on the ground in cook county leading up to election day. in cook county i think the turnout was higher in cook county over the senate race. and really i think at the end of the day, that was the story but there is a better turnout observation based on union support. i think the other surprise that was a pleasant prize for me personally was one of the states that i was dealing with everyday was florida. we came through just a bruising nomination contest, where we had over $70 million spent, you know, 95
in illinois you have a history of electing moderates from the northern part of the state. phil brady is not one of those. i think it shows even though it are greater tolerance for kansas we still have a breaking point. >> do you think illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i think i would agree with nathan that we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks they are. that's a state where the partnership you see in a lot of cases between the dga and the...
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illinois, you know, key to winning a lot of rex elections -- elections in illinois is the suburbs. is there a campaign strategy that quinn used to pull off the upset? >> well, yeah. even right now when we have a greater tolerance for candidates outside the mainstream, there's still a breaking points. particularly when states have a history of electing modern republicans or moderate democrats. bill brady's not one of those, and i think it just shows each though we had a greater tolerance, voters had a breaking point. >> i think illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i would agree with nathan that we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks there. that's a state where, you know, this partnership that you see in a lot of cases between the dj and the unions really paid off, where asme literally had, based on reports, had 4,000 paid workers on the ground in cook county leading up to election day. and cook county, i think the turnout was higher in cook county over the senate race. and really i think at the end of the day that was the story. it set
illinois, you know, key to winning a lot of rex elections -- elections in illinois is the suburbs. is there a campaign strategy that quinn used to pull off the upset? >> well, yeah. even right now when we have a greater tolerance for candidates outside the mainstream, there's still a breaking points. particularly when states have a history of electing modern republicans or moderate democrats. bill brady's not one of those, and i think it just shows each though we had a greater tolerance,...
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state comptroller and as the illinois attorney general. the people of my state placed in me a sacred trust and one that throughout my 30 years in public service i made into my life's work, to serve the people of my state to the very best of my ability. in younger years, shortly after graduating from law school at howard university, not far from here where we stand today, madam president, i was turned off by a city with far too much government. i heard -- i headed to chicago, convinced that i would not return to this city unless i could be an effective and meaningful part of the solution to the many challenges we face, dreaming of a time i might come back to washington as a united states senator or as vice president of the united states. that dream took longer to achieve than i could have imagined that day, but in a towering testament to the -- to the american dream, that day came. and after decades of experience in the executive branch of illinois government, i was sworn in as united states senator for illinois, and this became my first in
state comptroller and as the illinois attorney general. the people of my state placed in me a sacred trust and one that throughout my 30 years in public service i made into my life's work, to serve the people of my state to the very best of my ability. in younger years, shortly after graduating from law school at howard university, not far from here where we stand today, madam president, i was turned off by a city with far too much government. i heard -- i headed to chicago, convinced that i...
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nora titone present herber de bagram lincoln presidential museum in springfield illinois. the program is one hour from >> good evening. e the scene and ford's theatre on april 14th, 1865 is stamped in national memory. there was the gunshot, the acton jumping from a balcony to stagee flashing a month before the footlights. lincoln thea lee kit, slumped in a chair. wage of the union victory, andth hatred efor lincoln for lincoln drove john wilkes booth to pull the trigger. the story has been told many times. but there is more to the story of john wilkes booth and the assassination of lincoln than the familiar facts we all know. it is a story largely unexplored , a story had been in private letters, diaries, memoirs and manuscripts. and it is the story of a remarkable and dysfunctional teatro family, the booths. but above all, it is the story of john wilkes and the man who was his rival and competitor, his older brother, edwin. edwin booth's name is forgotten now, buried by his brothers and from his steed. but a century ago, she was the actor kane, the greatest most influenti
nora titone present herber de bagram lincoln presidential museum in springfield illinois. the program is one hour from >> good evening. e the scene and ford's theatre on april 14th, 1865 is stamped in national memory. there was the gunshot, the acton jumping from a balcony to stagee flashing a month before the footlights. lincoln thea lee kit, slumped in a chair. wage of the union victory, andth hatred efor lincoln for lincoln drove john wilkes booth to pull the trigger. the story has...
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from community organized illinois state senator to u.s. senator to president. what happened tuesday represents the biggest and broadest review key as ever received. >> caller: that is very smart and good reporter. it will be really fascinating to see how he and the party deals with the. he doesn't make the necessary adjustments, he's going to pay a price for him or his party will. arms. i think he's on probation with his party now. that's understandable. >> host: where does he get challenged? >> caller: could be both that it could be someone like russ feingold who would challenge him on the war, which i think will become an increasingly difficult issue politically for him in terms -- congress is much more liberal, their caucus is more liberal than it was three days ago. moderates got knocked out. >> host: would you say in fairness that obama and the democrats are to the left of the american people, but congress, the republicans are to the right? >> caller: i think that's reasonable. >> host: it doesn't sound like a happy next. >> caller: no, it doesn't. i think
from community organized illinois state senator to u.s. senator to president. what happened tuesday represents the biggest and broadest review key as ever received. >> caller: that is very smart and good reporter. it will be really fascinating to see how he and the party deals with the. he doesn't make the necessary adjustments, he's going to pay a price for him or his party will. arms. i think he's on probation with his party now. that's understandable. >> host: where does he get...
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i wish to speak about a man who died in illinois. dan calahan was a baseball coach at carbindale in southern illinois. he died at the age of 52. he was not only a good coach was a great man. he inspired just about everybody who ever met him. dan died of a very rare and very serious form of skin cancer. his struggle with cancer began almost five years ago when he detected a little black spot on his lower lip. the spot was successfully removed but the cancer remained and it grew. after receiving his diagnosis dan callahan silently endured the rigors of his treatment while continuing to coach his baseball team. in the 2007-2008 seasons there were times he probably should have stayed home because he was too weak to do much but sit in the dugout, but he came to work and he came to that ball yard every day. he didn't miss a single game. the next season, dan endured more intense treatment including a surgery that would remove part of his right jaw. it was only then that he went public with his illness. eventually the cancer cost dan not onl
i wish to speak about a man who died in illinois. dan calahan was a baseball coach at carbindale in southern illinois. he died at the age of 52. he was not only a good coach was a great man. he inspired just about everybody who ever met him. dan died of a very rare and very serious form of skin cancer. his struggle with cancer began almost five years ago when he detected a little black spot on his lower lip. the spot was successfully removed but the cancer remained and it grew. after receiving...
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around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things about george i also knew that's part of life in the united states, really a part we should be grateful for. >> at what point do you broke is candid enough to withstand the criticism? >> maybe we have drawn the skin from when george's that was vice president but i also think i knew more than the critics. i lived with george, the threats were and didn't know everyone of them, he didn't think kevin's tell me everyone because he didn't want to add to my worries, but i felt i knew a lot more about the issues than the people criticizing him did purvis. >> in "spoken from the heart" you write about those. you
around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things...
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-- in a state like illinois. take a look at the members of illinois, bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and by the way, mark kirk's seat -- >> we're going to break away from the last minute or so of this recorded portion of today' event, the national journal's look at the midterm elections. we're back live now going over to the grand hyatt here in washington, d.c. with a panel talking about the impact of the election. this panel includes former house republican leader dick armey. live coverage now on c-span2. >> part of the revolutionary movement in 1994 that led republicans to control of congress for the first time in 40 years, at least in the house of representatives. to his right is martin frost, also a democrat from texas. a graduate of the missouri school of journalism as am i, and that's the most important part of the process as far as i'm concerned. [laughter] but he was also member of the -- leader of the house democrati
-- in a state like illinois. take a look at the members of illinois, bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and by the way, mark kirk's seat -- >> we're going to break away from the last minute or so of this recorded portion of today' event, the national journal's look at the midterm elections. we're back live now going over to the grand hyatt here in washington, d.c. with a panel talking about the impact of...
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and so for bailey pike from university of illinois urbana-champaign whose collection is on the mythology of mote art and who wrote a wonderful introduction to that collection as part of her submission goes our special essay prize. bailey, would you like to come up? [applause] and you can tell us a little bit about your collection in the same way, but also how you became such a adept writer. your essay was terrific. [laughter] >> thank you. >> move up to the mic, please. >> well, as he said, my collection is about the mythology of mozart, specifically it contests of -- consists of lots of different parts, but it's mostly biography and work of fiction and also bib lo graphic works. so pretty much anything mozart. it also includes video, cds, scores, all types of materials. i got started collecting in libraries. i mean, libraries have been my moment since i was -- home since i was a kid. you know, i was lucky to have kids that really supported literacy and books in the general, and, you know, at a very young age i had, you know, this feeling that books and libraries were sacred somehow. so
and so for bailey pike from university of illinois urbana-champaign whose collection is on the mythology of mote art and who wrote a wonderful introduction to that collection as part of her submission goes our special essay prize. bailey, would you like to come up? [applause] and you can tell us a little bit about your collection in the same way, but also how you became such a adept writer. your essay was terrific. [laughter] >> thank you. >> move up to the mic, please. >>...
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he's a separate case in illinois. he's a moderate to barely one, but that is a democratic state. but the regulars across the board finished far better off. you can even put marco rubio in that category both ways because marco rubio sort of moderated his case, but he got less than 50% of the vote as well. so, you know, i think that jim demint should not have been a happy camper yesterday. and furthermore, his colleagues mostly eight. and so i think he will have more troops than he had before, but his conservative caucus in the senate is not all that cash is not all that big. so the same applies to sir palin i think. you know, i think she's a phenomenon. i think she's a rock star. i think she attracts cameras wherever she goes. she's a joke. you know, even within her own party, the idea that she would be the presidential nominee ahmad, you know, vast majorities of ordinary publicans is just unthinkable. she's got a following. no question about it. but i don't think that she's triumphed in the campaign. >> the majority of americans agree with you, mort. but i suspect the republicans
he's a separate case in illinois. he's a moderate to barely one, but that is a democratic state. but the regulars across the board finished far better off. you can even put marco rubio in that category both ways because marco rubio sort of moderated his case, but he got less than 50% of the vote as well. so, you know, i think that jim demint should not have been a happy camper yesterday. and furthermore, his colleagues mostly eight. and so i think he will have more troops than he had before,...
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, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly favored the republican party and favored the republican party and those people who were republicans who wanted to go out and vote it was a hell or high water kind of thing. they were going to vote no matter what. there was interesting things here and there. black turnout in carolina was very high. you saw joe wilson being a somewhat serious race in a district that's quite good. again, you saw nicky hailey when by not nearly the margin people fought and a lot of the was turnout. i don't know why to be totally frank i'm not sure why it was high. it
, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly...
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notion that virginia claimed all of the land to the west of mississippi, including modern kentucky, illinois, and missouri. that's where virginian george rodgers clark ranged in the revolution. trying to stay one step ahead, jefferson gave clark a guide to who his friends were and who was undermining him. resorting to invective, he displayed a gentleman's delicacy when he damned a person someone as all tongue without either head or heart. one the great putdowns of the 18th century. jefferson went on to fain surprise with support for clark. in the letter again, speaking again of henry, he asserted the clause as far as he has personal courage to show hostility to any man. this is an early example of what jefferson did so well. he could write off a political rival with one twist of the knife. the way to secure an ally was to impugn another man's courage, manliness, honestly. jefferson found himself attacked as coward. having his governor, they ascended monticello in 1780. what kind of idiot would have stayed around to take on the army? that's what jefferson asked. we know the answer, it's the c
notion that virginia claimed all of the land to the west of mississippi, including modern kentucky, illinois, and missouri. that's where virginian george rodgers clark ranged in the revolution. trying to stay one step ahead, jefferson gave clark a guide to who his friends were and who was undermining him. resorting to invective, he displayed a gentleman's delicacy when he damned a person someone as all tongue without either head or heart. one the great putdowns of the 18th century. jefferson...
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what does he say in northern illinois and southern illinois? we know one thing about lincoln. he always thought slavery was a great moral wrong. if -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good, that is it actually helped people become civilized after being brought here from africa. i wondered if african-american lincoln and davis ever met. they're in washington at the same time at various times, but we know they never met. i think they would have got along in many ways talking about the greatness of america, both lincoln and davis were nationalists and they believed in american american exceptionalism. lincoln believed all men deserved to be free and the constitution guaranteed that. davis believed the opposite. he said the founders had slavery, why not us? he believed people always were meant to the slaves. it's tragic because they could have been friends possibly. possibly they could have avoided a civil war if they knew each other and were close friends before the war, but that great gulf
what does he say in northern illinois and southern illinois? we know one thing about lincoln. he always thought slavery was a great moral wrong. if -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good, that is it actually helped people become civilized after being brought here from africa. i wondered if african-american lincoln and davis ever met. they're in washington at the same time at various times, but we know...
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: in the absence of senator inouye, as a member of the appropriations committee, i'd like to ask permission to speak in his behalf for the one minute allocated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i am going to vote today against senator coburn's effort to change our rules relative to earmark legislation, and i want to tell you as a member of the senate appropriations committee, that we have put in place what i consider to be the most dramatic reform of this appropriations process since i've served in congress. there is full disclosure of every -- in my office, every single request for an appropriation. we then ask those who made the request for the appropriation to have a full disclaimer of their involvement in the appropriation so it's there for the public record. this kind of transparency is virtually unprecedented. and i think it is an effort to overcome some of the embarrassing episodes primarily in the house of representatives under the oth
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: in the absence of senator inouye, as a member of the appropriations committee, i'd like to ask permission to speak in his behalf for the one minute allocated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i am going to vote today against senator coburn's effort to change our rules relative to earmark legislation, and i want to tell you as a member of the senate appropriations committee, that we have put in...
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris: thank you, madam president. madam president, i have 12 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval and the minority leaders, i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris i ask unanimous consent to ask for as much time as i need to consume, madam president. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris, i ask unanimous consent that my chief of staff and other members of my staff be granted floor privileges during my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris: thank you very much, madam president. madam
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris: thank you, madam president. madam president, i have 12 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval and the minority leaders, i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and these requests be printed in the record. the presiding...
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technology at the swanland chair and professor of psychology and neuroscience at the university of illinois. professor kramer served as an associate editor of perception in psychophysics and is currently a member of seven editorial boards. he is a recent recipient of the nih tenure merit award, receiving this degree from the university of illinois. davis has coordinated the american occupational therapy association's older driver initiative since 2003. she is a registered, licensed occupational therapist and a certified driving rehabilitation specialist. she holds a bs in if occupational therapy from the university of minnesota and has been an occupational therapist for 30 years. thank you all for coming. i'd like to start with lisa. i often see screening and assessment as sort of paired in the same seasons. ?rsh -- sentence. would you give us a general description of driver screening and maybe distinguish it from assessment. >> madam chair. well, just by way of background, you know, as we heard during many of the sessions yesterday, driving is a complex task that requires visual, cognitive
technology at the swanland chair and professor of psychology and neuroscience at the university of illinois. professor kramer served as an associate editor of perception in psychophysics and is currently a member of seven editorial boards. he is a recent recipient of the nih tenure merit award, receiving this degree from the university of illinois. davis has coordinated the american occupational therapy association's older driver initiative since 2003. she is a registered, licensed occupational...
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so you get one shift basically in the illinois. >> with roland burris. >> rowland, we hardly knew you. [laughter] >> and norm, what do you think -- >> it doesn't make much difference. it could make a significant difference if all of the seats switched to the republican side, then the numbers would have been 55-45, instead of what will now be 58-42. so you don't have enough on your own to overcome filibusters. frankly after an election of this sort it's not like you're going to discuss in that fashion anyhow. and they couldn't get those things through the house regardless. so it ends up not needing very much except we see a few different fees is to give >> what are your predictions for the lame duck? to you think they will get anything done in the lame-duck? >> logic would suggest to you to the tax issue both for tactical reasons and for policy reasons. in a fragile economy, even for a few weeks to have taxes go up dramatically, and to have a significant number of people who are going to dalia in january and february, i don't know if you saw the rather extraordinary statement of the co
so you get one shift basically in the illinois. >> with roland burris. >> rowland, we hardly knew you. [laughter] >> and norm, what do you think -- >> it doesn't make much difference. it could make a significant difference if all of the seats switched to the republican side, then the numbers would have been 55-45, instead of what will now be 58-42. so you don't have enough on your own to overcome filibusters. frankly after an election of this sort it's not like you're...
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so i hear what's going on in alaska and in mississippi on a daily basis as well as in new york and illinois. the recent signing scandal reveals the contempt that exhibited the rules. the rules in the court procedure in the scandal and the contract rules breached by miscommon application and the rules for modifications honored unfortunately were more in breach. servicers do not believe the rules apply to everyone else applies to them. this lawless attitude created in part by financial incentives and tolerated by regulators is the root cause of the robo signing scandal. in my written testimony, i provided dozens of examples of the harm caused to homeowners by services. many of the foreclosure cases coming to national attention involving signing allegations originated due to the unnecessary force placement of insurance, sometimes at more than 10 times the actual cost of the homeowner's existing insurance policy. often misrepresentations lead directly to foreclosure. in one site cited in my written testimony, a north carolina woman was placed in foreclosure by chase after 15 months of timely an
so i hear what's going on in alaska and in mississippi on a daily basis as well as in new york and illinois. the recent signing scandal reveals the contempt that exhibited the rules. the rules in the court procedure in the scandal and the contract rules breached by miscommon application and the rules for modifications honored unfortunately were more in breach. servicers do not believe the rules apply to everyone else applies to them. this lawless attitude created in part by financial incentives...
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in illinois, you have a history of electing moderate republicans for the northern part of the state. bill brady is not one of those. even though we had a greater tolerance, we still had a breaking point. >> you got to think that illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i think i would agree with nathan, we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks there. that's a state where, you know, the partnership that you see in a lot of cases between the dj and unions really paid off. where they literally had based on reports at 4,000 paid workers on the ground in cook county. leading up to election day. and cook county, i think, the turnout was higher in cook county over the senate race. and really, i think, at the end of the day, that was the story. just in a better, better turnout operation based on union support. i think the other surprise that was a pleasant surprise for me personally is one of the states that i was dealing with every day was florida. we came through a -- just a bruising nomination contest where we had over $70 million spent. 95% which
in illinois, you have a history of electing moderate republicans for the northern part of the state. bill brady is not one of those. even though we had a greater tolerance, we still had a breaking point. >> you got to think that illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i think i would agree with nathan, we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks there. that's a state where, you know, the partnership that you see in a lot of cases between the dj and...
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then i moved to the midwest, a small town in central illinois, and it was the same thing when people found out that i was not from if here. teach me how to swear in your language. kids have this interest in many bad words. but the book is, it's really about adjusting to a new place. it's not just because, you know, this is my life story and i was a child who came here on my own. the book is really about the immigrant experience. every immigrant has to go true the process of -- through the process of dying to their former self and becoming a new self, hence the title, "learning to die in miami," which the aarp took a very strong interest in, i think, because of the title. [laughter] and i hope they're not disappointed in the contents, you know, now that they've found out what it's really about. it's about learning to shed your former self and learning to become a whole other self. for us who came without our parents, it was an immediate immersion not just in another culture, but in another entirely different set of circumstances, and it required very special kind of adapting to dying
then i moved to the midwest, a small town in central illinois, and it was the same thing when people found out that i was not from if here. teach me how to swear in your language. kids have this interest in many bad words. but the book is, it's really about adjusting to a new place. it's not just because, you know, this is my life story and i was a child who came here on my own. the book is really about the immigrant experience. every immigrant has to go true the process of -- through the...
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to join with my colleagues here in saluting the departure of one of our best, senator chris dodd. i first saw his father, though i didn't meet him, when i was a student intern for senator paul douglas of illinois who had an office that was next door to your father's. and i saw senator thomas dodd leaving that office and was certainly aware of the great contribution he made to america. little did i know that some 16 years later when i was be a candidate for the u.s. house of representatives his son would come to decatur, illinois, to do an event for me in my campaign. it was a smashing success, the biggest turnout ever. i'm sure shah senator dodd believes it might have been because of his presence. it also could have been because there was a $1 chick *pb dinner and -- chicken dinner and people came from miles around. christopher dodd was born in 1944 with a call, a thin veil of skin thought to be a sign of good luck covering his head. the doctor who delivered him told
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to join with my colleagues here in saluting the departure of one of our best, senator chris dodd. i first saw his father, though i didn't meet him, when i was a student intern for senator paul douglas of illinois who had an office that was next door to your father's. and i saw senator thomas dodd leaving that office and was certainly aware of the great contribution he made to america. little did i know that some...